PODCAST 226

Participants: John Steppling, Hiroyuki Hamada, Brecht Jonkers, and Dennis Riches. Topics covered: Ed Sheeran misreads the public mood on Zionist atrocities, Kash Patel’s unusual testimony in the US Senate, the history of Yemen and the Saudi-Yemen conflict, the importance of “meaningless” social interactions, customer service, what the Unabomber’s manifesto said about hobbies, the inexplicable tolerance of violence by police and ICE agents. Music track: “Denomination Blues—Part 1” by Washington Phillips. See Aesthetic Resistance on Substack for links to some sources mentioned in the discussion.